Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Somali Refugees in Nepal

This appeared in Time.com

Mahad Abdullahi Hassan had never heard of Nepal before the day he landed there. When the 28-year-old Somali boarded a flight from Dubai to Kathmandu on May 23, 2007, he was hoping he would finally reach his dream destination: Sweden. He had, after all, shelled out $4,000 to a human trafficker who promised to smuggle him to the Scandinavian country.

About Me

Formerly with Kantipur Daily, I am a Kathmandu-based journalist. My articles have appeared in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (US) and Guardian Weekly (UK), apart from leading publications of Nepal.
Email: deepak.adhikari@gmail.com